Saturday, July 13, 2013

An 80-year-old California man concedes that it’s entirely possible that he has used 440,000 gallons of water in one month, and that he and his wife really do owe the city $11,000. It’s possible if the city has been pumping dehydrated water into his house.

“I must be using dehydrated water, because the house would be on pontoons if that’s how much water was leaking,” he told CBS Sacramento. Dehydrated water is, of course, not actually a thing. Neither was the shocking $11,000 bill. The entire neighborhood hasn’t yet floated away, and it turns out that the bill was issued in error.

The city blamed a computer error and a glitch in the couple’s radio-transmitted meter reading. Usually, they explained to the news station, a human being catches errors like that before bills are mailed. Usually.

You will not win any support by attacking others. I do not care what their signs say, they also have a right to free speech. The aggressor is always in the wrong unless the aggression is in self defense.

On the eve of the invasion of Normandy in 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower made his last inspections of the troops in South Eastern England as they made final preparations for the assault on Fortress Europe.

Eisenhower returned to his quarters and wrote a memo that he hoped he would not have to issue the next morning. It read in part:

"Our landings ... have failed. ... My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops ... did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone."

Thankfully the memo was not needed -- the invasion was a success, and Eisenhower credited all success to the bravery of the troops.

Flash forward to 2013. President Obama presides over an economy that remains crippled after years of government "stimulus," with more Americans unemployed for longer periods of time than at any point since the Great Depression.

Unlike Eisenhower, however, Obama accepts no responsibility -- in fact, the mantra of the Obama administration could be, a la Bart Simpson, "I didn't do it."

For Obama, the presidential buck stops any and everywhere except with the president -- the Republicans in Congress, Tsunamis, ATMs, and especially that great boogeyman, former President George W. Bush.

Of the many crimes that have been committed by governments against their citizens in their global war on cash (alsohere), perhaps this is the most bizarre. Here is the story It all started one Saturday morning when Jarl Syvertsen, a 59-year-old disabled Norwegian man, purchased a PC, TVs, and washing machines for 80,000 kroner (roughly US$13,000) which he paid in cash. The store immediately alerted the police about the large cash payment. On Sunday a male and a female police officer appeared on Mr Syvertsen's doorstep. Upon seeing them, Mr. Syvertsen at first feared that something may have happened to his mother, who … Continue reading →

A new Quinnipiac University Poll, the first major poll since the revelations of the NSA’s surveillance schemes, shows an encouraging trend toward American awareness about the dangers of government overreach.

The poll showed a strong majority of Americans seeing Edward Snowden, the source of the revelations, as a whistleblower, and not a traitor. The majority was even broader among younger Americans, but spanned virtually all categories.The poll also showed a slight majority of Americans now believe that the US government’s anti-terrorism policies have “gone too far,” a sentiment again overwhelmingly endorsed by younger voters. That’s a huge shift from the previous poll on the matter, in 2010, when nearly a 3-1 majority believed the policies hadn’t gone far enough.

Google spokeswoman Gina Scigliano confirms that the company has already inserted some of the NSA’s programming in Android OS. “All Android code and contributors are publicly available for review at source.android.com,” Scigliano says, declining to comment further.

Through its open-source Android project, Google has agreed to incorporate code, first developed by the agency in 2011, into future versions of its mobile operating system, which runs on three-quarters of smartphones [globally].

NSA officials say their code, known as Security Enhancements for Android, isolates apps to prevent hackers and marketers from gaining access to personal or corporate data stored on a device. Eventually all new phones, tablets, televisions, cars, and other devices that rely on Android will include NSA code, agency spokeswoman Vanee’ Vines said in an e-mailed statement.

In a 2011 presentation obtained by Bloomberg Businessweek, the NSA listed among the benefits of the program that it’s “normally invisible to users.” Vines wouldn’t say whether the agency’s work on Android and other software is part of or helps with Prism.

A recent study conducted by Andras Biokei-Gorzo at the Institute of Molecular Psychiatry at the University of Bonn in Germany is suggesting that marijuana(or the activation of the brain’s cannabinoid system) triggers the release of antioxidants, which act as a cleansing mechanism. This process is known to remove damaged cells and improve the efficiency of mitochondria. Mitochondria is the energy source that powers cells. The study was published in Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society, B. You can read the entire study here.

These discoveries shed new insight on how natural marijuana cannabinoids hold the capacity to literally kill the brain inflammation responsible for causing cognitive decline, neural failure, and brain degeneration. By supplying these receptor sites with cannabinoids, patients may be able to overcome brain conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and more, not to mention premature brain aging. The human brain contains an extensive network of special receptor sites that modulate nervous system function only when activated by the appropriate cannabinoid compounds, which are found in the marijuana plant.

Cannabinoids refer to any of a group of related compounds that include cannabinol and the active constituents of cannabis. They activate canbinoid receptors in the body. The body itself produces compounds called endocannabinoids and they play a role in many processes within the body that help to create a healthy environment. Cannabinoids also play a role in immune system generation and re-generation. The body regenerates best when it’s saturated with Phyto-Cannabinoids. Cannabinoids can also be found in Cannabis. Cannabinoids may very well be the best cancer fighting substance out there!

.... In response to this leak (and others in the last three years), Obama is attempting to criminalize the act of investigative reporting. He prefers the alternative of a press that reports only what the state permits and never asks independent questions.Obama confronts problems in his quest to convert a quasi-free press into one that is a lapdog. Yet, only by doing so, can he be sure of plugging the leaks about his administration's corruption and lies. Obama will spare nothing and no one to do so because the leaks are bankrupting his political credit at home and abroad....

Help end the fascist sick-care system by refusing to purchase Obamacare(NaturalNews) If you are one of the millions of Americans who does not want to be forced into purchasing "affordable" health care under Obama starting in 2014, you have the option to decline. As we reported previously, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) does not actually have the power or authority to collect so-called "taxes" for non-compliance with Obamacare's individual mandate, which means refusing to purchase it is a no-brainer.

As it turns out, provisions in the Affordable Care Act(ACA) bar the IRS from enforcing penalties against taxpayers who refuse to either purchase insurance or pay the uninsured "tax." Not only can the IRS not bring criminal enforcement cases against taxpayers who refuse to pay the non-insurance penalty, according toForbes.com, but the agency also cannot force a tax lien, which means the only way the IRS can collect the "tax" is to deduct it from taxpayers' refunds.

But many taxpayers do not receive tax refunds, which means they have the freedom to avoid paying the tax without penalty. And if millions of taxpayers choose to go this route, the entire sick care scheme will literally come apart at the seems, as insurance rates for everyone else will increase dramatically and eventually collapse the system. This, of course, will deter Obamacare from ever actually coming into full effect, at least not without major public uproar.

Drug legalization was one of the first issues that helped me down the path towards the ideas of liberty. Growing up in Alabama in the 1980′s & 1990′s I was taught “drugs are bad.” And I remember Nancy Reagan’s “Just say no!” campaign. Like most people, I was taught the government propaganda about drugs, especially the dangers of marijuana as a gateway drug.

When I was in high school I always knew that I could find drugs if I wanted, but I never felt the urge (or pressure) to try. In fact, I was 32-years-old before I ever tried marijuana. It was during a public speaking class in my junior year of high school that someone gave a speech titled “Just Say No Is Not Possible.” I can’t even recall the details of that speech, and I haven’t actually thought about it in over 18 years, but I can’t help but guess that in some way that speech lead me toward the truth I learned just a few years later.

First they were sued for forcing residents out of their homes so they could be used as surveillance spots in an investigation. Now video has surfaced of them arresting a man for criticizing their parking and stealing a camera from a witness who filmed the arrest.

The video and arrest took place three months ago. A man was using his cell phone to film the parking jobs of police officers who were entering a casino. To be fair, he was being pretty instigative and obnoxious toward the officers. But still, that does not warrant an arrest.

The officers approached the man and told him to turn off his camera. After a few heated words back and forth, one officer tackled the man to the ground, seized his camera and placed him under arrest. A witness recorded the arrest and was then approached by the police officers. After asking him to turn his camera over for evidence, the officer appears to grab the man’s arm and take the camera from him.

Then how come they’re so obsessed with “officer safety”? So fearful – and not even of any real danger to their persons? Isn’t the very definition of “heroic” an action that requires placing one’s own physical safety in jeopardy in order to secure the physical safety of others first?

Why, then, are we constantly urged to admire poltroons who insist that their safety always comes first? That the possibility of a Mere Mundane so much as mussing their uniform justifies the actuality of a physical assault by them as a preventative measure?

Who not only avoid the proverbial fair fight – but who insist on the unfair fight every time? Who – for instance – mob a 20-year-old college girl, screaming at her and flashing guns – over an alleged underage purchase of beer. (In fact, the girl bought cookie dough and bottled water when six armed “heroes” thug-scrummed her; story here.)

Monday, July 8, 2013

WASHINGTON — NSA leaker Edward Snowden claims the spy agency gathers all communications into and out of the U.S. for analysis, despite NSA claims that it only targets foreign traffic.

The fugitive systems analyst spoke in video released Monday, filmed by The Guardian in June in Hong Kong before Snowden fled to avoid extradition to the U.S.

Snowden is believed to be stranded in a Moscow airport, trying to reach any country that has granted him asylum.

Snowden also said NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander lied to Congress by saying the agency could not determine how many U.S. communications are gathered – something Snowden says NSA auditing tool Boundless Informant does.

NSA did not directly answer the question, referring to an Alexander speech in which he talked about how the NSA fit into the larger counterterror team of the administration. Alexander has also said such data gathered by NSA programs can only be analyzed when linked to foreign targets.

The reasons for continuing to participate in stock markets are discussed in this video from Gordon T. Long and John Rubino. It all comes down to liquidity (and little else).

The liquidity fraud is well advanced and likely will continue. This worldwide Ponzi scheme, engineered by governments, provides massive risks and opportunities. For those who don’t understand what is occurring, there is much to be gained from this presentation.

Mr. Rubino describes the problem the Fed’s liquidity has created. Bubbles are re-inflating just as they did prior to the 2008 collapse. Why shouldn’t they? The exact same scam is being perpetrated by government. Another collapse will eventually occur, but its timing and form can only be speculated on.

Rubino does a good job of explaining Ludwig von Mises’ ”crack-up boom” which will ultimately destroy fiat currencies. That end leads to extremely high, probably hyper, inflation. The pieces are already in place for this outcome. All that has to happen is for banks to begin normal lending or for people to understand what is happening (or going to happen) to the value of currency. Something will ignite the timber.

Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff had to lure marks into their scams. People joined them by choice. The Ponzi scheme operated by governments is mandatory. You are in it whether you want to be or not. You are in it whether you realize it or not. The only issue is to decide is what the best way is to play this Ponzi scheme. Long and Rubino discuss your options.

This Thursday, while most Americans will be celebrating with “pomp and parade”, I urge American readers to mark the day with a somber reflection of how much their society has changed, a fond remembrance as to what made America great, and a firm resolve to never abandon the principles of the Declaration.

The best way to honor America, the principles of the Declaration, and the concept of independence (both colonial America’s and yours) is to protect yourself from the United States government through TDV services, like TDV Passports or TDV Offshore. It is what a true patriot would do.

Two men with HIV seem to have been cleared of the virus after receiving stem-cell transplants to treat their lymphoma, scientists announced Wednesday at an International AIDS Society conference in Kuala Lumpur. One of the men has now been off off antiretroviral therapy for 15 weeks; the other stopped taking HIV-suppressing drugs seven weeks ago.Doctors have been unable to detect HIV infection in the two men since they received the stem-cell therapy, though it is too early to be certain that the virus has completely disappeared from their bodies, according to Timothy Henrich, a physician and researcher at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
The cases of these two men differ from that of Timothy Ray Brown, the first person to be cured of HIV, in a significant way: The so-called Berlin patient received a bone-marrow transplant to treat leukemia in 2007, using stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that makes people resistant to HIV,Reuters reports. The stem cells transplanted into the two Boston patients did not have that genetic mutation.